The 17th Korea Musical Awards was held on November 14, 2011, at Olympic Hall in Olympic Park. The awards was aired on SBS from 17:13 and conducted by Hyunwoo Lee (Singer & Actor) and Hye Young Yoo (SBS announcer).

Kim Junsu was awarded Most Popular Actor with Gong Joo Yoon. Both acted on ‘Tears of Heaven’ together [for the leading roles]. The award showed Kim Junsu’s potential power as a 2-time winner of Most Popular Actor for 2 years in a row.

“First of all, I appreciate the really precious award. I think the passion of actors and staff, living energy from audience delivered to every stage make musical stages so powerful and this is the most attractive thing [about musicals]”, commented Kim Junsu.

“I would like to appreciate the opportunity that I attended the awards this year following the last year, and even gave this grateful award to me”, Junsu explained his impressive emotion.